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Essential oils as potential triggers for bullous pemphigoid? A report of two patients Volume 31, issue 1, January-February 2021

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1 Dermatology department, AP-HP, Henri Mondor hospital, Créteil, France
2 Research group Dynamyc, EA7380, Faculté de Médecine de Créteil, UPEC, EnvA, USC ANSES, Créteil, France
3 Université Paris Est Créteil, UPEC, Créteil, France
4 Univ Paris Est Créteil EpidermE, Créteil, France
5 Immunology laboratory, AP-HP, Henri Mondor hospital, Créteil, France
6 Pathology department, AP-HP, Henri Mondor hospital, Créteil, France
7 Reference center for auto-immune bullous diseases MALIBUL, AP-HP, Henri Mondor hospital, Créteil, France

Essentials oils (EO) are used based on various alleged properties [1]. However, EO, especially Nigella sativa oil (NSO), may induce cutaneous eruptions, from benign contact dermatitis to severe reactions mimicking epidermal necrolysis [2, 3]. We describe herein two cases of bullous pemphigoid (BP) in young women after using EO.Patient 1, a 36-year-old Fitzpatrick Phototype VI woman, had applied two types of mixed EO on her skin to reduce cellulitis and for slimming over a period of about two months. [...]